{"id":28879,"date":"2011-09-01T16:13:20","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T20:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=28879"},"modified":"2011-09-01T16:13:20","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T20:13:20","slug":"airtel-defining-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=28879","title":{"rendered":"Airtel, Defining football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Airtel Rising Stars tournament in collaboration with Manchester United kicked off in the Northern region in Makeni on Thursday 25<sup>th<\/sup> August 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This was after the well graced and colorful official opening ceremony on Wednesday 24<sup>th<\/sup> August at the Wusum Playing Field, Makeni. In total, 87 teams (boys and girls) qualified 23 teams from the Northern region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The matches held in Makeni were to get the teams that will advance to nationals. In four days consecutively, the 23 teams (16 boys\u2019 team and 7 girl\u2019s team) played each other according to the match fixtures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the Northern Regional matches 4 teams qualified for the nationals. For the girl\u2019s team, Suba United from Makeni and Malimba FC from Binkolo emerged victorious, and two boy\u2019s team: Cheltenham from Kambia and Ocean Boys from Makeni came out successful out of 23 teams in the northern region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Airtel-Rising-Stars-tournament.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28882\" title=\"Airtel Rising Stars tournament\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Airtel-Rising-Stars-tournament.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The top goal scorer for the girls team came from Malimba FC, a no. 18 player, Isata K. Conteh, scored 5 goals for her team. In Suba United, no. 8 player, Mariatu Conteh scored 8 goals in respect of her team. Issa B. Kamara of Excel FC scored 6 goals which automatically made him the highest goal scorer for the male team.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In continuation of the tournament, Airtel will be live in Bo at the coronation field, on the 1<sup>st <\/sup>on to the 4th of September, and in Kenema on the 8<sup>th\u00a0 <\/sup>to the 12<sup>th<\/sup> , and finally in Freetown on the 15<sup>th<\/sup> up to the 21<sup>st<\/sup> of September to get the qualifiers for the nationals. The long awaited national matches will commence on the 22<sup>nd<\/sup> to the 25<sup>th<\/sup> of September at the national stadium to get the final winners of this enviable football tournament that Airtel and Man-U has brought to Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Man-U soccer clinic is waiting for the 2 lucky football Stars to get professional training in Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>AIRTEL RISING STARS, WHERE FOOTBALL STARS ARE BORN!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Airtel Rising Stars tournament in collaboration with Manchester United kicked off in the Northern region in Makeni on Thursday 25th August 2011. 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